if I was Aaron I would simply ignore any threats. I honestly believe Prince would not sue. He may have a long time ago, but he has yet to officially sue anyone and it would look real bad on his part like it did with the PFU thing.

if I was Aaron I would simply ignore any threats. I honestly believe Prince would not sue. He may have a long time ago, but he has yet to officially sue anyone and it would look real bad on his part like it did with the PFU thing.

wonder505 said:

Please, at this stage in the game, it's really all about nothing more than money. He'd sue strictly for the publicity and think nothing about it.

2elijah said:

Okay, I'll excuse you this time lady...


But seriously though, the guy can't seem to win with some members of HQ or the Org. Is there a time when the members of both sites are not b*tching about wanting more from P? In the past he was nice enough to issue tickets to members of his fan club first, where they had the opportunity to get the best seats before the tickets were opened to the general public. Then when there were passwords given exclusively to members of his club, you still had members here and on HQ giving out the passwords to non-members of his club. Then every time it seems there's news about P putting out new music, you have had members posting false info on the tracks or finding ways to get the music for free, and even admitting publically, they will find a way to download it for free when the release date of P's music comes out.

Just recently, he had a radio personality play a few of his new tracks, what do some fans do? They go and download/copy the songs from that site, then post it for other fans to listen to elsewhere. When there are unauthorized sites playing his new songs, people post the links to it, and share it with others. others. Then fans get pissed at Prince because the links are pulled off. Why? It’s his music. If he chooses to give it away for free, then it’s up to him, but if not, the choice is still his. All the above and people wonder why artists get pissed over people stealing their music.

Then there was some person who created a “fake” blog with the same name as Prince’s new site, which confused many Prince fans who thought it was “the real deal” (including me, but it turns out it wasn’t an official blog that belonged to Prince), and it took the mods from the Org to notify members that the blog was indeed "fake" and did not belong to P or his camp.

Then on that same "fake" blog, someone posted the "so-called" lyrics to a poem called “Lotus Flower”, mislead some fans into thinking those so-called lyrics posted were the actual words to Prince’s song, supposedly with the same name, and it turned out the "so-called" lyrics posted on that blog, by a poster there, actually belonged to a poet who had been dead for years now. (Earlier that day, I googled the name of that poem, because I got suspicious as to how it could be a song, with such long verses attached to it, and found out that the so-called lyrics posted on that fake blog, actually belonged to a poet who had been dead years ago.)

Then the person who posted that poem, apparently had the nerve to use someone else’s username from the HQ site, to made it look like that actual member of HQ posted the so-called lyrics to P's song on the fake blog.

Now, we have the situation with the banners that was posted on the Housequake site, which apparently Aaron was asked to remove it from P's camp, because the banners created by a fan, that was posted on HQ, was just too similar to P's official banner, which may have caused fans to be confused as to which one was the "official" banner. So now Aaron decides to suddenly close down HQ the day before the anticipated or supposed opening date of P's official site.(because we are still not sure when P's official site was actually scheduled to open) and now you have some members from HQ and the Org blaming P, when they should be directing their anger, questions and concerns about the HQ closing to Aaron, the owner of HQ, who made the conscious decision to close HQ "until further notice" without notifying members of his site in advance first before closing it down, and leaving the members of hQ in thee dust.

So I guess you can say, a lot has happened over the past few weeks. Popcorn anyone?
[Edited 1/31/09 6:52am]

Quite frankly, I think Prince should just open his site anyway regardless of the HQ issue. Even though many hardcore fans are on HQ and the Org, there are still fans on other unofficial sites, and fans that don't frequent unofficial sites at all, that will remain fans despite the HQ situation. The Prince fan community k doesn't stop at HQ or any other unofficial sites.

Well damn. I didn't know all this mess was going on.

wonder505 said:

Please, at this stage in the game, it's really all about nothing more than money. He'd sue strictly for the publicity and think nothing about it.

2elijah said:

Who's stopping him?

Oh that's right...it was supposed to open in January 2009. Tick, tock! Tick, tock! If it hasn't opened by 11:59pm Cali time, will you be mad if I say y'all have been f'ked again?

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Hey watch it "Ms. Haterwitz" I didn't actually mean it is the HQ situation that would be a reason for his site not opening by 11:59pm Cali time, but hopefully that would not be the reason. So let me re-word my previous post. Maybe he will still open his site no later than 11:59 tonight, and if he doesn't, then he just doesn't. It remains to be seen...'kay?

Quite frankly the whole thing is starting to sound like a neverending soap opera..
[Edited 1/31/09 12:56pm]

2elijah said:

As The P Turns? One Quake To Live? All My (Former) Fams?

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Want some popcorn? ..may as well pull up a chair and join the conversation. So..what's your take on the current situation?
[Edited 1/31/09 12:42pm]

Please continue the discussion here, and please remember all HQ members are welcome additions to our community. There is no need to be bringing beefs between sites into this discussion. When voices are lost, we are all at a disadvantage.

So in other word Prince's next albums will go wood, as he continues to lose the only place where he has actual fans, on the internet



if yall so upset then don't sign up for the official site

you aint gone get shit but an album with autotune, a Sade reject and a rock album 3 years too late

go figure

Quite frankly, I think Prince should just open his site anyway regardless of the HQ issue. Even though many hardcore fans are on HQ and the Org, there are still fans on other unofficial sites, and fans that don't frequent unofficial sites at all, that will remain fans despite the HQ situation. The Prince fan community k doesn't stop at HQ or any other unofficial sites.

As my wife just said, "I'm glad I'm not a fan like you."

So was closing down the Quake his Jan 31st surprise or is it just that he'd had some negative criticism of his new material. Bloody egos and short people eh?

I suppose with the slagging I've given him lately I won't be allowed to hear the new music or buy tickets either

wonder505 said:

And he's bothered with how shit looks now as opposed to before? Nah - perhaps he wouldn't sue but he didn't have to, when HQ broke instead of bend.

Quite frankly, I think Prince should just open his site anyway regardless of the HQ issue.

2elijah said:

2elijah said:

If Aaron decided he was tired of dealing with P or rather dealing with the issues of running a non-official P related site, so be it.

But HQ and P have a long history of poking at each other to see who will blink first.

Alamine said:

Oh stop!